In February, the 10-year benchmark government security (G-sec; 7.18% GS 2033) opened at 7.06 per cent and closed at 7.08 per cent, down 6 basis point (bps) from its January close of 7.14 per cent while staying within CRISIL’s forecast range of 7.03-7.13 per cent. Per a CRISIL report,...
NEW DELHI: The near-13 year high services trade surplus in February has prompted economists to scale down their projections of India’s current account deficit (CAD) for the current financial year. Many economists now expect CAD to come in at 0.8-0.9% of the GDP during the entire FY24, as compared...
NEW DELHI: The government’s dividend mopup from non-financial central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and entities in which it holds minority stakes has touched a record ₹61,149 crore, 22% higher than the revised estimate for 2023-24, with almost a fortnight to go this fiscal, according to the latest finance ministry...
MUMBAI: India’s economy is changing fundamentally, and for the better. Tech is a key driver. Finding enough capital is the big challenge. Computer chips and critical materials are among the new stars. And business, the locus of much of this change, must also take the lead in recognising that...
NEW DELHI: India’s current world-beating economic growth rate on the back of an investment boom resembles that of 2003-07 when growth averaged more than 8 per cent, according to economists at Morgan Stanley. In a report ‘The Viewpoint: India – Why this feels like 2003-07’, Morgan Stanley said after...
NEW DELHI: The Coal Ministry has asked Coal India Ltd and NLC India Ltd to go for pithead-based thermal projects with an aim to reduce transportation cost and improve availability of dry fuel, a top government official said. The plan is that all new thermal projects of Coal India...
NEW DELHI: Adani group plans to invest more than Rs 1.2 lakh crore (about USD 14 billion) across its portfolio companies that range from ports to energy, airports, commodities, cement and media in fiscal year starting April 1, as it doubles down on its USD 100 billion investment guidance...
NEW DELHI: Kerosene consumption in the country has declined sharply by 26 per cent CAGR between 2013-14 and 2022-23, mainly due to government policies to promote clean energy. The latest ‘Energy Statistics India 2024’ of the National Statistical Office (NSO) stated, “The impact of energy policies of recent time...
LILLE (FRANCE): French sports retailer Decathlon is accelerating its investments to ramp up production and enhance its retail presence further in India, one of its “most important” global markets, its Global CEO Barbara Martin Coppola has said. Decathlon expects to continue its “high growth rate” from the Indian market,...
NEW DELHI: FPIs came back strongly to invest in the Indian equity markets, buying shares worth Rs 40,710 crore in the first fortnight of the month amid an improvement in the global economic landscape and robust domestic macroeconomic outlook. The inflows came following a modest investment of Rs 1,539...